Portable rack for sledges



(No Model.)

0. A. 85 J. H. MILLER. PORTABLE RAGK'FOR SLEDGBS, PICKS, AND OTHERTOOLS.

No. 438,735. Patented 001;. 21, 1-890.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE; I

CARMI A. MILLER AND JOHN H. MILLER, OF SPRING VALLEY, ILLINOIS.

PORTABLE RACK FOR SLEDGES, PICKS, AND OTHER TOOLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,735, dated October21, 1890.

Application filed January 18, 1890. Serial No. 337,294. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OARMI A. MILLER and JOHN H. MILLER, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Spring Valley, in the county of Bureau andState of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Portable Rack forSledges, Picks, and other Tools, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in porltable racks for sledges,picks, and other too s.

It is customary for miners to own their tools and to keep them in propercondition, and it is a practice to carry the tools daily from the toolhouse or shop to the mines and bring them back again; and generallyevery miner ties his kit of tools together by a rope for safe keeping.This practice is usually productive of more or less theft, trouble, andinconvenience, as the tools can be easily changed or taken.

The object of the present invention is to provide a rack of simple andinexpensive construction, adapted to receive and securely hold theminers tools until unlocked by the overseer, and capable of beingreadily carried from the tool-house to the mine.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tool-rackconstructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectionalview. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional View.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a frame, which isconstructed of suitable material, preferably metal, and composed ofparallel side bars 2 and end pieces 3 and 4:, preferably formed integralwith the side bars. The side bars are provided with a series of similarprojections 5, that are arranged at intervals and form recesses toreceive picks, sledges, and other tools, and the handles of the toolsare arranged between the parallel side bars 2 of the frame, and projectfrom the latter and prevent the withdrawal of the tool after a slide 7,which confines the tools and is arranged at one side of the frame, hasbeen unlocked by the overseer and drawn longitudinally from the same.The. ends 3 and 4 of the frame are provided with transverse openings 8and 9, which conform to the configuration of the slide, and the latteris arranged in the-openings and is provided with a longitudinal slot 12,that extends nearly the entire length of the slide and is adapted toform an opening at the end 10 thereof, which end, when the slide is inits closed position, projects through the opening 4 and is designed toreceive the shackle of a padlock that pre vents the withdrawal of theslide and securely retains the tools in the rack or frame; and in orderto prevent the slide being entirely removed from the rack or frame theend 3 is provided with a projection 11, that is arranged in thetransverse opening 8 and engages the longitudinal slot 12. The slide 7fits closely the heads of the tools, and the central enlarged portionaround the handle-socket of the head extends slightly within the spacebetween the side bars, and when pulled to one side engages the same,thereby preventing the 7 5 heads being removed should the handles of thetools be cut. 7

It will readily be seen that the tool-rack is simple and inexpensive inconstruction, adapted to receive and securely retain the tools untilunlocked by the overseer, and is capable of being readily carried fromthe toolhouse to the mine; and we desire to be understood that We do notlimit ourselves to the precise details of construction herein shown anddescribed, as we may, without departing from the spirit of theinvention, make various minor changes therein.

Having described our invention, what we claim is- 1. A tool-rackcomprising aframe provided with a series of integral projectionsarranged at intervals on both sides of the frame and forming separaterecesses to receive the heads of the tools, and the slide arranged atone side of the frame and retaining the heads of the tools in saidrecesses, substantially as described.

2. A tool-rack comprising a frame provided with side bars arrangedparallel with each other and having a series of integral projectionsarranged at intervals on both of the side bars and forming separaterecesses orcompartments for the heads of the tools, and the slidesecuredto the frame at the end of the projections and closingtherecesses orco mpartments, substantially as described.

3. A tool-rack comprising the frame composed of the end pieces providedwith transverse openings and the side bars having series of similarstationary vertical projections arranged at intervals and formingrecesses to receive the tool-heads, and the slide arranged in saidtransverse openings, substantially as described.

4. A tool-rack comprising the frame composed of the end piece 3, havinga transverse opening and provided with aprojection or pin arranged insaid opening, the end 4, provided with a similar transverse opening, andthe side bars arranged parallel with each other and provided withsimilar stationary vertical proadapted to receive the shackle of thepadlock,

substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own We have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

CARMI A. MILLER. JOHN H. MILLER.

lVitnesses:

O. J. HANoK, H. J. MILLER.

